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偉大的自然之書是以數學符號編寫的。
——伽利略．伽利萊，意大利物理學家和天文學家。

The great book of nature is written in mathematical symbols.
- Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642, Italian physicist and astronomer.

下列為撰於二十或二十一世紀的書籍，適合普通讀者：
Following 20^th or 21^st century books are recommended to general readers:

A.J. Ayer Language, Truth, and Logic | wikipedia | amazon |
Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene | wikipedia | amazon |
Richard P. Feynman The Character of Physical Law | wikipedia | amazon |
Stephen Jay Gould The Structure of Evolutionary Theory | wikipedia | amazon |
Brian Greene The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory | wikipedia | amazon |
Stephen Hawking A Brief History of Time and A Briefer History of Time | wikipedia | amazon |
Werner Heisenberg Physics and Philosophy | amazon |
Douglas R. Hofstadter Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid | wikipedia | amazon |
Thomas S. Kuhn The Structure of Scientific Revolutions | wikipedia | amazon |
Karl Popper The Logic of Scientific Discovery | wikipedia | amazon |

假如看官想研習數學或理論物理，可參看：
If you wanna learn mathematics or theoretical physics, you may consult:

How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html
How to Become a Pure Mathematician: a List of Undergraduate and Basic Graduate Textbook
怎樣研習純數學：本科與基礎研究課程參考書目
Web: http://hk.mathphy.googlepages.com/puremath.htm
Blog: http://hbpms.blogspot.com/

Similarities in Physics 200610
Assumed knowledge is first year undergraduate physics with elementary calculus. After I wrote this, I realised there exist heaps of books or articles concerning similar issue. Richard P. Feynman's The Character of Physical Law is a nice one. Interested reader may google similar topic for further reading.

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   http://epsych.msstate.edu - ePsych home page.
   http://freescience.info - FreeScience.info.
   http://scienceworld.wolfram.com - ScienceWorld.
   http://www.bartleby.com/107/ - Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body.
   http://www.lifeinuniverse.org - Life in Universe.
   http://www.nasa.gov - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
   http://www.nature.com - Nature Publishing Group science journals, jobs, and information.
   http://www.newscientist.com - New Scientist.
   http://www.physicsforums.com - Physics Help and Math Help - Physics Forums.
   http://www.sciam.com - Scientific American Magazine.
   http://www.webelements.com - Chemistry WebElements Periodic Table.

   http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html - Euclid's Elements.
   http://eom.springer.de/default.htm - Encyclopaedia of Mathematics.
   http://episte.math.ntu.edu.tw - EpisteMath｜數學知識。
   http://imo.math.ca- International Mathematical Olympiad.
   http://integrals.wolfram.com - The Integrator--Integrals from Mathematica.
   http://mathworld.wolfram.com - MathWorld.
   http://planetmath.org - PlanetMath.
   http://www.cut-the-knot.org - Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles.
   http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html - MacTutor History of Mathematics.
   http://www.hti.umich.edu/u/umhistmath/ - The University of Michigan Historical Mathematics Collection.
   http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/ - Platonic Realms.
   http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html - Electronic Statistics Textbook.